L-R: Paul Waide, International Energy Agency; Franzjosef Schafhausen, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany; Morgan Brazilian, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership; Debashish Majumdar, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency; and Shen Longhai, Energy Services Company Association of China.
Morgan Brazilian, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), underscored the importance of energy efficiency for all aspects of climate change.
Debashish Majumdar, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited, provided an overview of energy consumption and the potential for renewables in India. He noted that the Energy Efficiency Act was passed in 2001 and that with energy efficient technologies, many businesses could cut their energy consumption by up to 20%.
Shen Longhai, China Energy Conservation Service Industry Association, indicated that the Chinese government attaches great importance to energy conservation. He outlined present policies aimed at energy saving in the building sector and said the Energy Conservation Law will come to effect in 2008.
Franzjosef Schafhausen, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany, said his country is decoupling economic growth and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by increasing energy efficiency and promoting renewables. He highlighted the Integrated Energy and Climate Programme aimed at achieving a 40% reduction in GHGs by 2020.
Paul Waide, International Energy Agency, stressed that energy efficiency is “the biggest fuel and the cleanest,” and noted the release of the World Energy Outlook 2007-China and India Insights.
Participants discussed the potential barrier created by intellectual property rights to the transfer of clean technologies and the portfolio of energy efficiency CDM projects in India and China.
More information
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http://www.bmu.de
Contacts
Morgan Brazilian <morgan.brazilian@dcenr.gov.ie>
Debashish Majumdar <cmd@ireda.in>
Shen Longhai <slh@emca.cn>
Franzjosef Schafhausen <franzjosef.schafhausen@bmu.bund.de>
Paul Waide <paul.waide@iea.org>
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